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Artist
Sandy Nelson
12+ albums
Rock and Rollinstrumentaloldiesrock n roll60s
about
Sandy Nelson's song "Teen Beat" rose to #4 on the charts in 1959. Subsequently he signed with the Imperial label and pounded out two more Top 40 hits, "Let There Be Drums", which went to #3 in Britain, and "Drums Are My Beat". All three were instrumentals (a feat seldom, if ever, repeated). Sander L Nelson was born on 1 December 1938 in Santa Monica, California. He attended high school with Jan Berry, Dean Torrence (who together became Jan and Dean), and Kim Fowley. After gaining respect as a session drummer, he played on such well-known songs as "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (Phil Spector's Teddy Bears, 1958), "Alley-Oop" (The Hollywood Argyles, 1960), "A Thousand Stars" (Kathy Young and the Innocents, 1960) and more. Nelson continued to record into the early 1970s. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
albums
Let There Be Drums
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Let There Be Drums/Drums Are My Beat!
The Very Best Of Sandy Nelson
Plays Teen Beat
Drums Are My Beat
Teen Beat, 1959 - 1961
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1950s Punk & Rockabilly Rebels
Rockin' Teen Beat
Teen Beat / Let There Be Drums
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The Ultimate Sixties Collection
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The Very Best Of Rock'N'Roll C
Teen Beat / Big Jump